Automobile windshield hinge



May 24, 1932.

P. B. MOORE: ET AL AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELD 'HINGE Filed Aug. 16, 1929 fastening screw 2a or the like. v tion is provided with spaced downwardly ex- Patented May 24, 1932` c UNITED STATES DELAWARE PATE AUTOMOBILE wINDsHIELn vHINGE Application'led August 16, 1929. i Serial N O. 386,447. I

This invention relates to automobile windshield hinges.

An Object of the invention is to provide a construction of automobile hinge wherein the operating contacting parts are protected from rain, dirt, etc. and are in fact sub-stantially weatherproof.

Another objectV of the invention is to provide a weatherproof hinge construction for windshields with means for definitely limiting the outward and inward swinging move-V ments of the windshield section and the hinge part carried thereby.

Numerous other objects of the inventionwill be apparent to those sllled in the art from a reading of the following specific-ation in conjunction with the drawings attached hereto and forming a part hereof, in which Figure l is a front elevation showing the hinge;

Figure 2 is a sectional view showing one position of the shield, while Y Figure 3 is a similar sectional view show,- ing another position thereof.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates an automobile header ofusual construction.` 2 is an upper windshield hinge section folded upon itself and secured tothe header by a This sectending'curved tongues 3 and an. upper curved flange 4. The tongues 3 engage and support the pintle 5 as shown. The lower windshield section is preferably of channel shaped cross section as designated by refer? ence numeral 6 with a curved base portion 9 and being recessed for receiving the edge of the windshield 7. At spaced longitudinal points of the lower section 6 I provide openings 8 formed in the base portion 9 and one side wall of said channel to receive the depending curved tongues 3 which extend into the confines of the channel section 6 and con- Iform substantially to the curvature of the Nr 4oriucl-z PAUL B. MOORE AND BENNETT LEWIS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, IIYDjIIAVNl-k,` ASSIGNORS vTO i MARTIN-PARRY CORPORATION, or YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, vA CORPORATION OF pintle 5. The curvedportion 4 of the upper" sectionis spaced from the pintle as shownfor receiving the curved .portion 9 ofgthe lower section 6. This provides an effective seal preventing the ingress of rainto the interior of the hinge. n

As will be appreciated, the dependingV curved tongues` 3 function,

at two points' or lines spaced around the periphery of the pintle, as stops to limit the inward and Out-,- ward swinging movements of the lower 'secy tion 6. Thus the terminal l0 of these tongues prevents an .inward swinging movement of the lower section and the windshield supnal ported therebybeyond a predetermined point because it contacts with the front side of the channel section 6; Y Onthe other hand, the outward swinging movement ofthe lower section-6 is definitely limited by engagement. of the abutment -1'1 with the tongue at the, portion 12 thereof. The exposed side of the hinge is by virtue of this` arrangement substantiallyyweatherproof and the partsare corelated and constructed in a manner kto provide the stops as aforesaid. Moreover, the;- arrangement isvan extremely simple one, inexpensiveto manufacture and possesses the requisite durability for the'automobile u,wind-` shield hinge art.

Having thus described weclaimis: 1 l i l. A windshield hinge construction of the class described comprising an 'upper sectionv folded intermediate` its ends and: secured `to i thev automobile header said l section being formed at one vsideof the bight of the fold the invention, :what

into a plurality of spaced dependingv tongues f curved to open toward said header, a .pintle tion engaging the said pintle;

and having a wall por- 2. `A windshield hinge constructionyo'f thev lclass described fcomprising an uppersection,

i folded intermediate its ends and secured to the automobile header, said section having a plurality of spaced depending curved tongues, a pintle mounted upon and supported by said tongues, a lower hinge section of tubular form provided witha plurality of openings in one Y side wall for admitting said tongues andhaving a second portion engaging the upper part of said pintle, said curved tongues terminating in an abutmentengagingthe interior ofY the opposite side wall of the lower section to limit the-inwardswinging movement thereof'.

. 3. A windshield hinge of the character described comprising upper and. lower sections, said 11p-'per section. being bent upon'itself and? provided with aplurality of longitudinally spaced curved tongues, a longitudinally disposed curved flange hinge pintle positioned within the frame pluralityT of spaced a memberV and having a openings,

tongues entering the frame member through said openings andvsupporting said pintle. In'testimony whereof we aHiX our signatures.

PAUL Bl MOORE'. BENNET'l` LEWIS.

a windshield pintle,V y

formed on said section, the curvatures of thev tongues and yflange being in oppositedirecrtifo-ns.,- to*` receive saidk pintle, a lower movable sectiony of tubularV formation AbeingY provided with aplurafliity' of openings in its wall for receiving sa-.ild supporting tongues and having 25 an upperv curvedportion extending between the pintle and said curved angewliereby to protect thev pintle fromvweather, said curved portion-of the lower'sectionbeing provided with an abutment engagingv the inner surface l 3%, off the'- tongue to limit the outward swingingv Vmovement off4 the` lower section;V I

' sectionftoprovifdea weatherproof joint, means foi-limiting the inward swinging movement Y andl a hingemember secured to av header and having a plurality of curved" VsoY o'the lower section-and means for limiting i f i the-outward swingiingmovement of' saidv section. c Y

51. An automobile hinge of Ythe character I described comprising anI upper section provided withaplurality o'd'epending supporting tongues for receiving and' supportinga longitudinally disposed pintle, ak lower section f tubular formation `havingspaced open*- ings in its -wall foradniitting the curved tongues within the clonlfines't'hereof, said loW-' errseetion? being' movable relativeto the upper section .and having afcu-rved upper portion; engaging theupper surface ci@ the pintle andsupport'edithereb, said curved supporting tongues being provided with terminal 'porf Y 66 tionslp-Vadfapted to lim-it the inward. Vswingingmovement oif`I said-curved section.

' 6g In combination; a' tul'aular lwindshield rameniember having a channeled longitudinal edge portion toreceive'` a Windshield glass andi vtransversely curved' longitudinal edge portion which`1 is' adaptedjto movably engage ,losv 

